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Genii Volume 54 (Nov 1990 - Oct 1991) by William W. Larsen

November 1990 - October 1991
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

852 pages

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 1 - November 1990 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - Jay Scott Berry
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. Celestial Sorcery, Inc. Presents A Special Issue - Jay Scott Berry
    1. Son of a Son of a Sorcerer
    2. The Fog Goblet - Jay Scott Berry
    3. The Mist Primer - Jay Scott Berry
    4. The Fog Hat - Jay Scott Berry
    5. The TM Primer - Jay Scott Berry
    6. Wacky Wand - Jay Scott Berry
    7. The Aero System - Jay Scott Berry
  7. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Knife Vanish
  8. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. Sansei - Phil Goldstein
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  9. Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
    1. The Pentacle Of Hate! - Dean A. Montalbano
    2. The Gentleman and the Coin - Julie Sobanski
  10. Attention Subscribers: Date Change
  11. Cartoon - Paul Butler
  12. "Brainwave" Effect Using an Ungimmicked Deck - Jesse Schaplow & Terry Schaplow
  13. The Magic of David Copperfield in Jakarta - Drs. G. H. Liadi
  14. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Flirting with Magic - Michael Jeffreys
    • The T. A. Waters Video - T. A. Waters
  15. The Magic of David Copperfield - Tour Schedule
  16. Photo Contest Winners from the April Issue
  17. Labor Day Legerdemain - Marcom
  18. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  19. Letter to Bill Larsen from Bob Weill
  20. From the Mailbox
    • Frank J. Herman
    • Cushing Strout
    • Jerry Oppenheimer
    • Gene Poinc
  21. Conventions & Events
    • Tannen's 28th Jubilee - Monticello, NY
    • International Magic Day - London, England
    • Close Up Conjuring - Las Vegas, NV
    • 21st New Zealand Convention - Auckland, New Zealand
    • Magic Hands Fachkongress - Sindelfingen, Germany
    • Desert Magic Seminar XIV - Las Vegas, NV
    • Cape Cod Conclave - Cape Cod, MA
    • NCL's Magic Cruise - NCL's Pleasure Island
    • Louisiana Magic Weekend - New Iberia, LA
    • MagiCruise '91 - from England
    • MZvD Jahreskongress - Bruhl u. Phantasialand, West Germany
    • P.C.A.M. '91 - Concord, CA
    • 63rd I.B.M. Convention - Baltimore, MD
    • F.I.S.M. World Congress 1991 - Lausanne, Switzerland
  22. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  23. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • The Creative World of Conjuring - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Edwin's Magic, Vols. One & Two - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • King of the Cold Readers - Bascom Jones - reviewed by Dan Strauss
  24. Obituaries
    • Oscar Joseph Pladek, Jr. - by Jack Mintz
    • George L. Weisensel
  25. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 2 - December 1990 - 64 pages
  2. Cover - Siegfried & Roy
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
  6. World Famous Entertainers Siegfried and Roy Mark 10,000th Live Stage Performance - Bill and Irene Larsen
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. Discussions - Michael Skinner
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  8. Square Move - Werner Miller
  9. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • The Head of Urus
  10. Rattle Rattle Boom - David Harkey
  11. Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
    1. Transportation Chamber - Dean A. Montalbano
    2. Silk Poinsettia Production - Scott Cram
    3. Card Off Cord - Scott Cram
  12. The Scourge of Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Retold - Loren Pankratz
    • The Christmas Story
  13. A Pair of Strange Visitors - Dave Magnenat
  14. Flipper - Aldo Colombini
  15. Signed Card in Transit - Dan Allesini
  16. A Different Kind of Voodoo - Chuck Romano
  17. Red/Blue Shift - Larry White
  18. Cartoon - Poinc
  19. Professor Hockmann's Illusion Plans - Paul Butler
    • The Thin-Model Buzz-Sawing a Lady in Half Guillotine Sword Cabinet, Featuring a Horizontal Bed Zig-Zag Crematorium with an Added Stretching a Lady!
  20. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  21. Daffynitions - Milt Schorr
  22. Controversies in Magic - Lance Campbell
  23. Cartoon - Paul Butler
  24. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  25. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  26. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Sixty Minutes with Trevor Lewis
    • The B.J. Hickman Magic Show
  27. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Don't Get Taken - Robert A. Steiner - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Magic with Canes & Candles - Fantasio - reviewed by Tony Bradford
    • Elemental Astrology - Harrison M. Smith - reviewed by Lesley V.J. Manning
    • It's About Time! - David Ginn - reviewed by Douglas Hoover
    • The Man Who Walked Through Walls - James Swain - fiction - reviewed by Tony Bradford
    • Confidential Booking Report #2 - Dick Ryan - reviewed by Leley V.J. Manning
    • Bill Severn's Best Magic - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • American Museum of Magic - Daniel Waldron - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Kidshow List of Lists - David Ginn - reviewed by Joseph Selph
    • The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft - Rosemary Ellen Guiley - reviewed by Max Abrams
  28. Product Review - Phil Goldstein
    • Four Magical Elements - Van Warren
    • Another Coin Box - Sam Dalal
    • Brass Coin Safe - Sam Dalal
    • The Key To My Chest - Sam Dalal
    • Force-You-Later - John Cornelius
    • The Ultimate Holey Terror II - Michael Powers
    • PM Principe - Michael Powers
  29. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
  30. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 3 - January 1991 - 64 pages
  2. Cover - Ramon Galindo
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. Ramon Galindo - Master of Magic - "Bird Man of Austin" - by Danny Driscoll
    • Never Mind
    • Center Stage
    • Winner's Circle
    • Quiet, Quit Puh-lease
    • The Act ... It's Showtime in Mexico
    • Wild Flapping Wings
    • In The Beginning
    • The International Scene
    • Hi Ho, Hi Ho - It's Off to Work He Goes
    • Teacher and Mentor
    • Psst - Wanna See A Super Magic Lecture?
    • El Galindo Family Fiesta
    • Parting Is Such ...
  6. Ramon Galindo Special Section
    1. Ramon Galindo - by Bev Bergeron
    2. Table To Bottle - Bev Bergeron
    3. Bird on a Fan - Ramon Galindo
    4. Ramon Galindo: Tailor of the Stars! - Kent Cummins
    5. The Disappearing What??? - Kent Cummins
    6. Card Across Again - Frank Ramirez
    7. Silk to Egg - J.B. Bobo
    8. Card Box Routine - J.B. Bobo
    9. A Few Galindo Diamonds From Paul - Paul Diamond
    10. The Paper Candle - Fred Scott Donaldson
    11. The First International Convention - Lou Hornung
    12. What's a ... Bev Bergeron?
    13. Another Name for "Coin Magic" is J.B. Bobo
    14. Kent Cummins
    15. Meet ... Paul Diamond
    16. Great Scott, it's ... Fred Scott Donaldson
    17. Say Hello to ... Lou Hornung
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. The Ring, The Rope, And Rod - Three - Lou Hornung
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  8. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Easy Build Guillotine
  9. "It Ain't All Glamour" or Wasn't It De-Lovely? - Carol Roy - AKA Mrs. Electric!
  10. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Balloon Magic Video-Kit - Scotty the Clown
    • Rocky Mountain Magic - Doc Eason
  11. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  12. Close Encounters Of The Magic Kind 1990! - Tabby Crabb (The Tabman)
  13. Private Fred Kaps Letters to be Published
  14. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  15. From the Mailbox
    • Mark Tripp
    • Dave Dorsett
    • Weiss
    • Robert Noel Clarkson
  16. Product Review - Phil Goldstein
    • Clean Cut - Tenyo - Hiroshi Kondo
    • Moonspinner - Tenyo - Tomoyuki Shimomura
    • Silver Express - Tenyo - Keiji Takahashi
    • Mira-Metal - Tenyo - Atsushi Fukano
    • Bingo Bombshell - Meir Yedid
  17. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  18. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Top Secret Stuff - Michael Powers - reviewed by Dennis Heacock
    • Spelling with Magic - Michael Jeffreys - reviewed by Lesley V.J. Manning
    • Speaking with Magic - Michael Jeffreys - reviewed by Lesley V.J. Manning
    • Close Up Illusions - Gary Ouellet - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
    • Philip Foxwell: Missionary Magicians - Philip Foxwell - reviewed by Don Shilling
    • M.C. Routines #3 - Ed Dunhill - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Secrets of the Supernatural: Investigations Into the World's Occult Mysteries - Joe Nickel & John F. Fischer - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Expert Manipulation of Handcuffs, The Cord Vol. 1 - Bigelow, the Liberationist - reviewed by Don Beach
    • The Magic Menu - Jim Sisti - reviewed by Tony Bradford
  19. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
  20. Goodbye, Thurston! - Mark Nilsen
  21. Variety TV Review - Penn & Teller: Don't Try This At Home (NBC)
  22. Cartoon - Buns - John Kaplan
  23. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 4 - February 1991 - 68 pages
  2. Cover - John Fisher
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
    • Slydini R.I.P.
  5. John Fisher - The Man Behind the Man - Graham Reed
  6. John Fisher Interviewed by Graham Reed
  7. The Best Of Magic - Jonathan Pendragon
    • The Best Of Magic Artistes Featured
    • The Best Of Magic Production Team
  8. Interlude - An Illusion Whose Time Has Come - Charlotte Pendragon
  9. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. Two From Walton
      1. Moonshine - Roy Walton
      2. Personality Complex - Roy Walton
    2. Intermission - James Patton
      1. History of a Card Trick - Hal Robbins & Bev Bergeron
  10. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Through a Brick Wall
  11. Gifted - David Harkey
  12. Coin Roll Switch - Plus - Amado Narvaez
  13. Was Not Was (Silver) - Steve Hook
  14. Silks and Rabbit Appear from a Sketch of a Top Hat - Robert Noel Clarkson
  15. The Refrigerator Tour - Penn & Teller - reviewed by Jack Shelley
  16. Magic News From Tokyo - Max Maven
  17. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  18. The Gates of Hell - sculpture - Bill Tarr
  19. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  20. Is Houdini Dead? - Mark Nilsen
  21. Magic "On The Road" - Lon Mandrake
  22. Knee Reading By Invitation Only - Michelle
  23. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • The Pat [Conway] Way to Con - Walt Lee, editor - reviewed by Tom Conti
    • The Complete Walton, Vol. 2 - Roy Walton - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
    • The British Closeup Magic Symposium - Mark Leveridge - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
    • The Magic Cartoons of Albrecht - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Real Mental Magic - Ormond McGill - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Eros - by Maxim - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • The Pull Book - Patrick Page - reviewed by William A. Bradford
    • Bruce Cervon's The Black & White Trick and Other Assorted Mysteries - Mike Maxwell - reviewed by Tom Conti
  24. Product Review - Phil Goldstein
    • Ultimate 3 Card Monte - Michael Skinner
    • The Ghostwriter - Gary Kurtz
    • It's Alive - Kevin James
    • Xpan-Dough - Brent Gregory & Paul Diamond
    • MagiCard Plus ATM - C & M Productions
  25. Interrobang - Phil Goldstein
  26. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
  27. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Brad Burt's Videos #1 and #2
    • Laid Back Too ... - Chris Power & J.J.
  28. Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
    • Old Puzzle Boxes
  29. Conventions & Events
    • Desert Magic Seminar XIV - Las Vegas, NV
    • The Magic Convention - Tempe, AZ
    • Cape Cod Conclave - Cape Cod, MA
    • Investigative Techniques Workshop - Univ. of Kentucky at Lexington
    • Louisiana Magic Weekend - New Iberia, LA
    • Fechter's Finger Flickging Frolic - Buffalo, NY
    • NCL's Magic Cruise - NCL's Pleasure Island
    • Florida State Magicians Association 1991 Convention - St. Petersburg, FL
    • 36th Kongress der Österreichischen - Vienna, Austria
    • MZvD Jahreskongress - Bruhl u. Phantasialand, West Germany
    • Wizard's Weekend VII - Bloomington, MN
    • The Meeting of the Minds - Washington, DC
    • P.C.A.M. '91 - Concord, CA
    • 63rd IBM Convention - Baltimore, MD
    • S.A.M. National Convention - Las Vegas, NV
    • F.I.S.M. World Congress - Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Merlinale - 1st International Magic Fair - Vienna, Austria
  30. Shigeo Takagi - Obituary by Max Maven
  31. Letters to the Editor
    • Bob Steiner - corrections to Square Move from December 1990
    • Henry O. Silsbee, III
    • Carl Wiesinger
  32. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 5 - March 1991 - 72 pages
  2. Cover - Stewart James
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
    • Albert Goshman Dies
  5. A Special Tribute to Stewart James - compiled by Max Maven
    1. Introduction
    2. The Man in Aberystwyth - Allan Slaight
    3. Combined Operations - Stewart James
    4. Letterhead from 1940's - designed by Sid Lorraine
    5. Found Money - Stewart James
    6. Brain to Wallet - Bob Farmer
    7. Non Cents - Robert Neale
    8. Chronothot: One More Time! - David Ben & Ross Bertram
    9. Moxie - Michael Weber
    10. Heartbreaker - T. A. Waters
    11. The Indestructible Sequence - Martin Gardner
    12. Otwone Prediction - Allan Slaight
    13. Casiknow - Phil Goldstein
    14. The Human Galvanometer - Gary Ouellet
    15. No, Are You? - Mel Stover
    16. Not a Shadow of a Chance - P. Howard Lyons
    17. Sefalaljian Smoker - Gaetan Bloom
    18. The Four Doors - Stephen Minch
  6. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. Serendipity (Featuring the Five-as-Five Ghost Count) - by Alex Elmsley - written by Stephen Minch
      1. Five-as-Five Ghost Count
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  7. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  8. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Pop-Table
  9. Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
    1. The Human Pencil Sharpener - Dean A. Montalbano
    2. A Letter From Santa - Mark Nilsen
  10. Cartoon - J. Bonestell
  11. Jailbreak! - The Great Weiss (George Herkert)
    • Approaching the Law
  12. Escapes - Handcuff Escape - The Great Weiss
  13. If I Made The Universe Disappear There'd Be Nobody Around To Applaud That I Made The Universe Dissapear [sic] So I Guess I Won't - Gene Poinc
  14. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  15. What It Was Like To Interview 18 Of The Best Magicians In The World - Michael Jeffreys
  16. The Printed Advantage - Mark Nilsen
  17. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Henri Robin Expositor of Science & Magic - Edwin A. Dawes - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • The Vernon Chronicles Vol. III - Stephen Minch - reviewed by Douglas Hoover
    • Mentalism: Inner Secrets I - Stanton Carlisle - reviewed by Jim Kahlert
    • "Many Mysteries Unraveled" Conjuring Literature in America 1786-1874 - American Antiquarian Society - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • The Bennet [sic] Touch - Magic Methods - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • "Magic Afoot" Stand Up Magic Routines - Horace Bennett - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Miracles in Magic from My Friends - Ed Dunhill - reviewed by Dan Strauss
    • Standing Up Surrounded - Kirk Charles - reviewed by Billy McComb
  18. Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
    • A plate to produce paper flowers and an ink ladle
  19. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Edwin's Magic Video Vol. 1 - [Edwin Hooper]
  20. Letters
    • Bucfing Danut
    • Norman Bigelow
    • Bruce Randolph
  21. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
  22. The Magic of David Copperfield Tour Schedule
  23. Poetry Page?
    • Magic as Art? - Gerry Frenette
    • Mike Shaw
    • Louis Phillips
  24. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 6 - April 1991 - 68 pages
  2. Cover - Randy Wakeman
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. Special Issue: The Magic of Randy Wakeman
    1. Acetral Projection - Randy Wakeman
    2. A Piece of Your Mind - Randy Wakeman
    3. Topsy Turvy Charlie - Randy Wakeman
    4. The Big Red One - Randy Wakeman
    5. Spectator's Invisible Palm - Randy Wakeman
    6. Fore-Figuration - Randy Wakeman
    7. I Like Nice Things - Randy Wakeman
  6. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. R.W. Cups and Balls - Randy Wakeman
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  7. Cartoon - M. Wuerker - from the L.A. Reader
  8. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Vanishing Kid and Car
  9. Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
    1. Ghost Cards - Dean A. Montalbano
    2. Magical Chairs - Scott Cram
  10. The Art of Practicing Magic - Paul E. Johnson
    • Cartoon - Paul Butler
    • Johnson Practice Guidelines
  11. The Magical Specialist! - Fonda Zenofon
    • Cartoon - Evolution of a Specialist - Paul Butler
  12. Was Houdini Married? - Manny Weltman
  13. Flag For Freedom - Lou Hornung
  14. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  15. A Digital Disclosure - Frank Chambers
  16. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  17. Job Hunting in Japan - Eddie Austin
  18. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  19. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Commercial Magic: The JC Wagner Video
    • Magical Bubble Creations - Dr. Twistin
  20. Akimos Revival Corner
    • Incredible Lift of a Person from a Chair - described by Achim Haekel-Akimo
  21. Product Review - Phil Goldstein
    • Weber's Key - Michael Weber
    • The Key To Borley Rectory - Martin Breese
    • Now-U-C-It, Now-U-Don't - Meir Yedid
    • Torch To Streamers - Jair Bonair
    • The Bernstein Linking Pins Routine - Bruce Bernstein
  22. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Your Number Is Up - Harrison Smith - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Ned and Fred - lecture by Frederick Barlow - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Deadly Blessings: Faith Healing on Trial - Richard Brenneman - reviewed by Jeffrey Flan
    • Comedy Techniques for Entertainers - Bruce "Charlie" Johnson - reviewed by Jeffrey W. Cowan
    • At The Card Table - Darwin Ortiz - reviewed by Dan Strauss
    • Miracles in Magic from My Friends - Ed Dunhill - reviewed by Dan Strauss
    • Trollare Och Andra Underhallare (Magicians and Other Entertainers) - Christer Nilsson - reviewed by B. Fredstrom (Black Bert)
    • The Mail Order Psychic - Richard Webster - reviewed by Billy McComb
  23. Letters to the Editor
    • Gene Poinc
    • Mark Tripp - reply to Norman Bigelow in March 1991 issue
  24. Corrections
    • February 1991 - page 233 - photo is Arturo Brachetti not Marco Tempest
    • March 1991 - page 298 illustration caption was missing
    • February 1991 - page 235? - James Dimmare's ad omitted Dick Zimmerman
  25. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
  26. Obituaries
    • C. Verne Bloch - by Lee Henneberry
    • Ron Mayer by Roger Linden
  27. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 7 - May 1991 - 76 pages
  2. Cover - Eugene Burger
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. A Special Eugene Burger Issue of Genii - Richard Kaufman & Jane Mansour
    1. Some Things About Eugene - Richard Kaufman
    2. Encounters with Eugene Burger - Michael Anthony
    3. A Voodoo Ritual - Eugene Burger
    4. Eugene Burger: Teacher of Magic - Danny Orleans
    5. A Simple Test - Jon Brunelle
    6. Eugene Burger, Guru - Michael Ammmar
    7. Burger de Jour - Phil Wilmarth
    8. The Magical Experience - Jeff McBride
    9. Burger: Well Done - Max Maven
    10. Mr. Minch Questions Mr. Burger - Stephen Minch
    11. Cartoon - Burger Unmasked! - Albrecht
    12. Al Baker's Card from the Hat - A New Look - Eugene Burger
  6. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. An Envanishment and Mysterious Re-appearance of a Quantity of Salt - David Williamson
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  7. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Hey, Wait a Minute!
  8. You Blue It - Gary Killops
  9. A Mirror - Aldo Colombini
  10. You Won't Believe It! - Self-Working Matching Miracle - David Altman
  11. The Cat Is In The Bag - James S. Moss
  12. Multiplying Candles - Larry Naus
  13. Stage-Size Three Card Monte - Terry Schaplow
  14. Getting Your Business Audiences Attention Right Away - Ed Hesse
  15. The 23rd Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Show and Banquet - Tom Ogden
  16. Magic: Chicago Style - A History of Magic in Chicago - Chuck Romano
  17. First Texas Collectors Magic Meet - John Moehring
  18. Magic on The Menu - Why a Tableside Magician? - Jim Sisti
  19. Escape - The Great Weiss
  20. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  21. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  22. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  23. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Kellar's "Egyptian Hall" - Thomas A. Ewing - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Finally! A Lecture by Ken Simmons - Ken Simmons - reviewed by Dan Strauss
    • Imagication - T. C. Murphy - reviewed by Max Abrams
    • Fourth Dimensional Mysteries - Punx - reviewed by Rudy Garcia
    • The Goldston Reader - Will Goldston - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Mortimer's Magic Magazine - Jim Klein & American Magic Co. - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Yankee Magic Collector #4 - Bob Schoof & Ed Hill - reviewed by Billy McComb
  24. Conventions & Events
    • NCL's Magic Cruise - NCL's Pleasure Island
    • 3rd European Festival of Magical Arts - Toulouse, France
    • Florida State Magicians Association 1991 Convention - St. Petersburg, FL
    • 36th Kongress der Österreichischen Magier - Vienna, Austria
    • Magic in the Mountains - Haines Falls, NY
    • MZvD Jahreskongress Phantasialand - Bruhl bei Koln, West Germany
    • Wizard's Weekend VII - Bloomington, MN
    • The Meeting of the Minds - Washington, DC
    • P.C.A.M. '91 - Concord, CA
    • 63rd IBM Convention - Baltimore, MD
    • S.A.M. National Convention - Las Vegas, NV
    • F.I.S.M. World Congress 1991 - Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Big 3 Convention - Linthicum/Baltimore, MD
    • Midwest Magic Jubilee - St. Louis, MO
    • Western Regional IBM Convention - Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
    • Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Colon, MI
    • Texas Assoc. of Magicians 1991 Convention - Tyler, TX
    • Florida's First Explosion of Magic - Palm Beach, FL
    • Cercle Magie Bretagne 25th Congree de' Illusion - St. Malo, France
    • Tannen's Magic Jubilee - New York, NY
    • 6th Magic Weekend - Helsingborg, Sweden
    • Close Encounters of the Magic Kind - Rochester, NY
    • Atlanta Harvest of Magic - Atlanta, GA
    • Merlinale - 1st International Magic Fair - Vienna, Austria
    • Magic Hands Convention - Western Germany
    • Music City Conclave Magicians Symposium - Nashville, TN
  25. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • "Sharing the Light" with Ned and Joan Way
    • Magician's Video Network - Ken Norris & Dan Laffey
  26. Letter to the Editor
    • Brad Jacobs
  27. Obituaries
    • Rick Rasmussen
    • Tommy Tucker - by John Graffeo
  28. Free Classified Ads

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 8 - June 1991 - 72 pages
  2. Cover - Steve Spill
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. Steve Spill Section
    1. Steve Spill - a conversation between his right & left brain
    2. The Portrait - Steve Spill
    3. Telekinetic Quarter - Steve Spill
    4. Fake Finger Foolery - Steve Spill
    5. Bare Foot Baffler - Steve Spill
    6. Binaca Blast - Steve Spill
    7. Pop Eye - Steve Spill
    8. Banana Stab - Steve Spill
    9. Coin On Forehead - Steve Spill
    10. Organic Magic - Steve Spill
    11. Internal Alchemy - Steve Spill
  6. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. Doublestop Revisited - Simon Aronson
    2. Intermission - James Patton
      1. The Giorgio Letters Part 2
  7. Poetic Injustice - poem - Ray Knotts
  8. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Ask Clara
  9. The Alternative Card Magic of Jerry Sadowitz - Part One of Three
    1. Jerry Sadowitz - by Jerry Sadowitz
    2. Jerry Sadowitz - by Roy Walton
    3. Jerry Sadowitz - The Man of Cards - Martin Breese
    4. Slop Shuffle Variation - Jerry Sadowitz
    5. Comfortably Numb - Jerry Sadowitz
    6. Tears in the Rain - Jerry Sadowitz
  10. Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
    1. A Million Light Years Away - Dean A. Montalbano
    2. Pop-ular Pasteboards - Steven Leasure
  11. Akimo's Revival Corner - Achim Haekel-Akimo
    • Rope Thru Finger
  12. Cruise News ... Peter & Carol [Gensemer]
  13. The Ten Commandments of Restaurant Magic - Jim Sisti
  14. Escape - The Great Weiss
    • On Safety
    • Flash Chain Wrap - The Great Weiss
  15. A Contract is A Contract - Mark Nilsen
  16. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  17. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  18. Comedy in Japan - Eddie Austin
  19. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  20. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Steve Spill Video Scrapbook
    • Finger Fitness - Greg Irwin
    • Behind the Scenes - David Ginn
  21. Genii Makes A Magical Marriage [Sophie Baron-Pratt & Robert Alispach]
  22. Product Review - Phil Goldstein
    • T.U.F.C. - Stefan and Love
    • The Sonar Soothsayer - Diamond Jim Tyler
    • Utopia Card Frame - Mark Leveridge
    • Frisky Flowers - Ton Onosaka
    • Bananapple - Ton Onosaka
    • Enigma - Nicholas Night
    • Jan-Ken-Ponder - Phil Goldstein
    • B'wave - Phil Goldstein
  23. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Funny Business - Peter Eldin - reviewed by Ed Thomas
    • Cardfixes - Jon Racherbaumer - reviewed by Arnold Brema
    • Good Luck from Beijing - Richard Webster - reviewed by T.A. Waters
    • Ultra Cervon - Bruce Cervon & Stephen Minch - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Lee Jacob's Mental, Occult and Psychic Series Book 15 "Destiny & Beyond" - Wilbur Kattner - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Lee Jacob's Mental, Occult and Psychic Series Book 16 "Mysteries of the Runes" - Jim Magus - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • How to Haunt a House for Halloween - Friedhoffer with Harriet Brown - reviewed by Dan Strauss
  24. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
  25. Letters to the Editor
    • David Charvet
    • Gene Poinc
  26. Cartoon - J. Ranft
  27. Obituaries
    • Betty R. Nelson - by W.H. Bixler
    • Caleb D. Crittendon - by Mrs. Helen Crittendon
    • Tommy Martin - by Bill Palmer
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  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 9 - July 1991 - 68 pages
  2. Cover - A Special Canadian Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. All Canadian Issue
    1. Introduction - David Acer
    2. Richard Sanders
    3. Richie's Double Bill Switch - Richard Sanders
    4. Cartoon - Poinc
    5. Ricky Bronson
    6. No Sweat - Ricky Bronson
    7. Needle Through What? - Ricky Bronson
    8. Gary Ouellet
    9. The Fireman's Pole Move - Gary Ouellet
    10. Cartoon - Poinc
    11. Gary Kurtz
    12. Counterfeit - Gary Kurtz
    13. David Acer
    14. Emotional Bonding - David Acer
    15. Around The World in 80 Dollars - David Acer
  6. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Ducks in Space!
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. The Big Coin Finish - Wesley James
    2. Intermission - James Patton
      1. Auto Cue - Roy Walton
      2. Auto Cue For Non-Palmists - Roy Walton
  8. Women in Magic - Amy Stevens
  9. Women of The Wand - Lindsey Jansen
  10. Out of the Box - poem - T.H. Kaiser
  11. Letters
    • Manny Weltman
    • Richard Osterman
  12. The Alternative Card Magic of Jerry Sadowitz - Part Two of Three
    1. Thanks to Hofzinser - Jerry Sadowitz
    2. Slip Jog - Jerry Sadowitz
  13. Tarbell Treasures - Dean A. Montalbano
    1. The Glove Of Hysteria - Dean A. Montalbano
    2. An Airline Saga - Bob Klase
  14. Coin In A Matchbox - Dan Alessini
  15. Avoiding The "I Seen That!" Syndrome In Kids Shows - Bob Hargraves
    • Cartoon - Paul Butler
    • Cartoon - J. Bonestell
  16. "It Ain't All Glamour" or Remembrances - A View of Quebec! - Carol Roy - AKA Mrs. Electric!
  17. Escape - The Great Weiss
    • Spirit Cuff Escape - The Great Weiss (George Herkert)
  18. Strengthening Your Restaurant Magic - Jim Sisti
  19. The Undereducated Audience - Mark Nilsen
  20. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  21. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  22. The Card Crystal - Marcello Contento
  23. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  24. Product Review - Phil Goldstein
    • Omni Insta-Lite - Tony Clark
    • Egg-actly - Tirofog Ltd.
    • The Black Hole - Barry Mitchell
    • 4th Dimension Cent Climax - Barry Mitchell
    • 100% Match - Ton Onosaka
    • Queenportation - Ton Onosaka
  25. Cartoon - J. Bonestell
  26. Light from the Lamp - Magic Castle Members
    • Spectacle - Stephen Minch - reviewed by Ed Thomas
    • Monstrum! A Wizard's Tale - Tony "Doc" Shiels - reviewed by Lesley V.J. Manning
    • The Professional Entertainer's Booking & Selling Manual - Roberta & Ken Griffin - reviewed by Lesley V.J. Manning
    • Edd Patterson's "The Art of Magic and the Magic of Art" - William Rauscher - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • A Host of Surprises - Edwin the Magician - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • The Life & Times of Augustus Rapp The Small Town Showman - Augustus Rapp - reviewed by Tony Bradford
    • Entertaining with "Jacob's Ladder" - Mark Nilsen - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • Houdini. A Definitive Bibliography - Manny Weltman - reviewed by Billy McComb
    • The British Close Up Magic Symposium Book 1991 - Mark Leveridge - reviewed by Billy McComb
  27. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Brad Burt's Video #3 "Sponge Balls"
    • Showdown Creation's Present "Richard Turner ... The Cheat"
  28. Akimos Revival Corner - Achim Haekel-Akimo
    • The Dark Mystery - Rolf Andra
  29. Variety in Japan - Eddie Austin
  30. Obituaries
    • A. Renerick Clark [Ren Clark]
    • Charles Eugene "Chuck" Stanfield - by Jay Marshall
    • Harry Barron - by Billy McComb
    • Anton Weiland - by Andy Wallace
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  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 10 - August 1991 - 72 pages
  2. Cover - Howard Thurston
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. Howard Thurston - King of Magicians - David Price
  6. Thurston's Miracles of Magic - film made for a children's toy projector in the 1930's
  7. The Lure of Magic Posters - An Introduction - John Booth
  8. What Became of Thurston's Props? - Bill Smith
  9. Thurston's Camera Trick - Mike Caveney
  10. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. Psychological Fusion (a.k.a. Two on One) - Gary Kurtz
    2. Intermission - James Patton
      1. The Giorgio Letters Part 3
  11. Coin Flourish - David Shafer
  12. One-Way Shot - Werner Miller
  13. Harkey for a Year - Month One of Twelve - David Harkey
    • Starweaver - David Harkey
  14. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Triescape
  15. The Alternative Card Magic of Jerry Sadowitz - Part Three of Three
    1. Ipcress - Jerry Sadowitz
    2. Open Production - Jerry Sadowitz
    3. Why Not - Jerry Sadowitz
    4. Come Together - Jerry Sadowitz
  16. Wordstar - Phil Goldstein
  17. Magigrams - Dick Gautier
  18. Vanishing Glob of Toothpaste - Jonathan Paretsky (The Masked Marvelle)
  19. The Happy Birthday Card Trick - Terry Schaplow
  20. Cartoon - Poinc
  21. Rain Forest Magic - Larry White
  22. Too Fast - Michael Bairefoot
  23. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  24. Cruise News ... Peter & Carol [Gensemer]
  25. The Value of Magicians Autographs - A Survey - Mike Johnson
  26. Cartoon - Poinc
  27. Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
    • Okito's Handkerchief Tray
  28. The Carter Show - Bill Smith and Mike Caveney
  29. A High Time on the High Seas - Milt Larsen
  30. A Gig is a Gig is a Gig ... (Or is it)? - Keith Aiello
  31. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Making Magic Memorable - Michael Ammar - audio tape
    • Negotiating Higher Performance Fees - Michael Ammar - audio tape
    • Charles Greene, III. Inner Circle Audio Series #3 - audio tape
    • How to Master Booking Shows over the 'Phone - Bill Hall - auto tape
  32. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  33. Cartoon - Poinc
  34. Restaurant Magic for Children - Jim Sisti
  35. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  36. Light from the Lamp - T.A. Waters
    • How to Work Trade Shows as a Business - C. W. Stanford
    • The Collected Mental Secrets of C. A. George Newmann - Leo Behnke
    • Conjurers' Hydraulic and Pneumatic Secrets - S. H. Sharpe
    • The George Sands "Years of Magic" Series - George Sands
    • Device and Illusion - Jim Steinmeyer
  37. Conventions Coming
    • Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Colon, MI
    • Texas Assoc. of Magicians 1991 Convention - Tyler, TX
    • Florida's First Explosion of Magic - Palm Beach, FL
    • Clownfest '91 - Seaside Heights, NJ
    • Magic Days - Denver, CO
    • 25th le Congress Francais de Illusion - St. Malo, France
    • Tannen's Magic Jubilee - New York, NY
    • The Western Region Clown Association - Laughlin, NV
    • The Inn Event - Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
    • 6th Magic Weekend - Helsingborg, Sweden
    • Close Encounters of the Magic Kind - Rochester, NY
    • Atlanta Harvest of Magic - Atlanta, GA
    • Back to Eureka Springs - Eureka Springs, AR
    • Merlinale - 1st International Magic Fair - Vienna, Austria
    • Magic Hands Convention - Western Germany
    • Music City Conclave Magic Symposium - Nashville, TN
    • Flasoma '92 (Federation Latinoamerica de Sociedades Magicas) - Bogota, Colombia

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 11 - September 1991 - 80 pages
  2. Cover - British Performers Issue
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. British Performers Special Issue - Mark Leveridge, editor
    1. Ian Adair
    2. Sucker Silk Box - Ian Adair
    3. Ken De Courcy
    4. Sheer Commercialism - Ken De Courcy
    5. Tony Griffith
    6. Penny Move - Tony Griffith
    7. John Hotowka
    8. The Incredible Indelible Mind Reading Ink - John Hotowka
    9. Mark Leveridge
    10. Copy-Ring - Mark Leveridge
    11. Graham Jolley
    12. A 'Jolley' Book Test - Graham Jolley
    13. Trevor Lewis
    14. How Do You Find The Time? - Trevor Lewis
    15. Bob Ostin
    16. The 'Easy' Coin Routine - Bob Ostin
    17. Professor Hockmann in Britain - Paul Butler
    18. Terry Seabrooke
    19. Food For Thought - Terry Seabrooke
    20. Allan Shaxon
    21. The Ring In The Tea Bag - Allan Shaxon
    22. Stephen Tucker
    23. The Bouncing Balls of Bangladesh - Stephen Tucker
  6. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Jukebox Jumble
  7. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. The Better Than You Think Spread Force - Patton/Cervon
      1. First Handling: The No-Gaff Ad-Jacent
      2. The Cervon Approach
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  8. The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
  9. Harkey for a Year - Month Two of Twelve - David Harkey
    • Oblivion - David Harkey
  10. The Laws of Entertaining - Steve Bauer & Marianne Wittelsberger
  11. Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
    • A Prophet is Not Without Honor
  12. A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  13. Spell Binder - Random Thoughts from a Magician's Notebook - Marcom
    • Reverse Riddles
    • Poem
    • New Definitions
    • Things I'd Like to See Just Once Before I Die
  14. Cartoon - Poinc
  15. Cartoon - Poinc
  16. Cartoon - Poinc
  17. Magician Hero as Greek Cruise Ship Sinks
  18. 63rd Annual Society of American Magicians Convention - Los Angles - Dante Larsen
  19. Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
    • Bilboquet
  20. Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Live On Location - Ray Piatt
    • A Pocketful of Miracles - Ken de Courcy
    • The Magic of David Berglas
  21. Adrianna's Return - Short Story - Eugene Poinc
  22. Magicians In The News
  23. 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  24. Light from the Lamp - T.A. Waters
    • The Man Who Was Erdnase - Bart Whaley with Martin Gardner & Jeff Busby
    • The Annotated Erdnase - Darwin Ortiz
  25. Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen

  1. Genii - Volume 54, Number 12 - October 1991 - 68 pages
  2. Cover - Joe Givan
  3. In This Issue - contents
  4. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
  5. Joe Givan Feature
    1. World Champion Supernaturalist - Introduction - Theodore Barlock
    2. Joe Givan Interviewed by Max Maven
    3. Joe Givan, Master of Deceit - Steve Aldrich
    4. The Magic Battleground - Joe Givan
    5. Uncrushed - Joe Givan
    6. The Crazy Couch Cushion - Joe Givan
    7. Pretzelink - Joe Givan
  6. Close-Up Conjuring From Colorado
    1. A Big Knack Attack - Keith Niemeier
    2. The Rat Trap on the Nose - Doc Murdock
    3. The Ping Pong Penetration - Lamont Ream
    4. Tea Strains - David Neighbors
    5. The Punk Pasteboard - Meaux Abdelbaki
  7. Finally
  • Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - James Patton, editor
    1. A Figment Of Your Imagination - A. Berkely Davis
    2. Intermission - James Patton
  • The Giorgio Letters - Tony Giorgio
  • Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Death by Cremation
  • Harkey for a Year - Month Three of Twelve - David Harkey
    • Handpack - David Harkey
  • Metamorphosis - The Magic Theatre of Paris - Peter Reveen
  • Collector's Corner - Topper Martyn
    • An Unusual Mangle
  • The Other Houdini - Patrick Culliton & T. L. Williams
  • Tripp's Tips - Mark Tripp
  • Where It's Due - A Few Words About Ethics and Magic - T.A. Waters
  • 25 Years Ago In Genii - Gerrie Larsen Jaffe
    • Fifty Years Ago in Genii
  • Ghost Show - The Great Weiss
  • Cartoon - Nyle Rothenbach
  • A Letter to Irene Larsen From Tom Mullica
  • A Letter to Bill Larsen From Bob Weill
  • Magic on Tape - Billy McComb
    • Classical Renditions, Vol. 1 & Vol. 3 - Michael Ammar
    • Floating Rose - Kevin James
    • Sleight of Dave - Dave Williamson
  • Professor Hockmann's Shell-Less Giant Ball & Vase - Paul Butler
  • Light from the Lamp - T.A. Waters
    • Impact - Aldo Colombini
    • The Encyclopedia of Children's Magic - Ian Adair
    • Safety Magic for Children - Karl Wagner
    • Leprechaunic Legerdemain - Warner Perry
    • The Volunteer Book - Jim Kleefeld
    • The Magic of Michael Ammar - Michael Ammar
  • Bagdad - News From All Over the World - Dante Larsen
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